# WorkTime review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Non-invasive employee monitoring for attendance and productivity Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. WorkTime is employee monitoring software that measures attendance, active and idle time, app and website use and productivity. It reports on activity instead of capturing screenshots, and offers HIPAA-safe and GDPR-safe modes. A free plan covers up to 3 employees, and it runs on Windows and macOS. - **Category:** Time Tracking - **Made by:** NesterSoft Inc. - **Website:** https://www.worktime.com - **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay on Free, with 3 employees and 2 weeks of history. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, WorkTime has a free plan, and paid plans start at $6.99 per employee / month, billed monthly ($69.90 billed annually). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Up to 3 employees, 2 weeks of data history, one account access and basic reports. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Monitors up to 3 employees with 2 weeks of history, summary, app and website, and log reports. | | Basic | $6.99 per employee / month, billed monthly ($69.90 billed annually) | Unlimited data history and active, login, app, website and internet reports; one account access. | | Premium | $8.99 per employee / month, billed monthly ($89.90 billed annually) | Adds unlimited accesses, Active Directory integration, API integration and personalized working hours. | | Enterprise | $10.99 per employee / month, billed monthly ($109.90 billed annually) | Adds HIPAA-safe and GLBA-safe modes on top of the Premium features. | Read from https://www.worktime.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with WorkTime before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Two months free with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page labels annual billing as 2 months free; the yearly figure is 10 times the monthly price. Source: https://www.worktime.com/pricing ## Key features - **Attendance and overtime:** Sets attendance goals and watches weekend and out-of-hours work for unexpected overtime. - **Active and idle time:** Records active and idle computer time and login and logout events, with goals per team. - **Productivity monitoring:** Rates apps and websites as productive or not, with AI help, and tracks a distraction score. - **Screenshot alternative:** Uses screen productivity data in place of screenshots, and has an optional keystroke counter. - **Compliance modes:** Offers HIPAA-safe, GLBA-safe and GDPR-safe modes, which the vendor says avoid collecting protected data. - **Cloud or on-premise:** Runs on Windows and macOS, including terminal and Citrix servers, with cloud or on-premise hosting. ## Good for - Small teams that want a free plan for up to 3 people - Organizations in regulated fields that avoid screenshots - Managers who want attendance and overtime reports ## Worth knowing - The free plan stops at 3 employees and 2 weeks of data history. - Only the Premium and Enterprise plans offer unlimited accesses, Active Directory and API integration. - Basic and Free allow just one access to the account. - Agents are listed for Windows and macOS only. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. WorkTime tracks active time, apps and websites for staff, free for three people. Free keeps two weeks of history, and unlimited accesses, Active Directory and the API need Premium. - **Value for money: C.** $6.99 per employee a month, or $69.90 a year ($5.83 a month), around the time-tracking middle of $6.67. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free plan for 3 employees with 2 weeks of history and one account access, which most teams will outgrow. - **Features: C.** Attendance, activity and reports, but unlimited accesses, Active Directory and the API are Premium. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Agents have to be installed and reports tuned. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web with Windows and Mac agents, an API on Premium and 3 integrations on record; no phone apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from WorkTime's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among time tracking apps - WorkTime's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 4 of the 69 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 12. - Its paid plans start at $6.99 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.70 for the category: 30 of the 58 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 28 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/time-tracking ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of WorkTime you could make: time tracking and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 53 of the 69 other time tracking apps grade higher. It costs $83.88 a year. - You could make: Time tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Active Directory, Google and Microsoft among them, and has an API. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: HIPAA. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Active Directory, Google, Microsoft **Tags:** Time tracking, Reports, Public API, Self-hostable ## Alternatives - [Time Doctor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/time-doctor): Employee time tracking and workforce analytics for remote teams. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/insightful-vs-worktime) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.worktime.com/pricing - https://www.worktime.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/worktime Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).